Full name: Game of Queens: The Women Who Made Sixteenth-Century Europe

Author: Sarah Gristwood Year: 2016 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, Biographies, Historical fiction, Feminism Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780465096787 0465096786

Sixteenth-century Europe saw an explosion of female rule. From Isabella of Castile, and her granddaughter Mary Tudor, to Catherine de Medici, Anne Boleyn, and Elizabeth Tudor, these women wielded enormous power over their territories, shaping the course of European history for over a century. Across boundaries and generations, these royal women were mothers and daughters, mentors and protegees, allies and enemies. For the first time, Europe saw a sisterhood of queens who would not be equaled until modern times. A fascinating group biography and a thrilling political epic, Game of Queens explores the lives of some of the most beloved (and reviled) queens in history. Similar books: Arbella by Sarah Gristwood Royal Babylon by Karl Shaw Sex with Kings by Eleanor Herman Blood Sisters by Sarah Gristwood Bird Of Paradise by Sarah Gristwood Vanished Kingdoms by Norman Davies Doomed Queens by Kris Waldherr Sex with the Queen by Eleanor Herman Daughters of Britannia by Katie Hickman Europe by Norman Davies Europe Divided 1559-1598 by J. H. Elliott Defenders of the Faith by James Reston Jr. The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake by Samuel Bawlf Becoming Charlemagne by Jeff Sypeck The Warrior Queens by Antonia Fraser Early Modern Europe by Euan Cameron The Vertigo Years by Philipp Blom Courtesans by Katie Hickman Divorced, Beheaded, Survived by Karen Lindsey The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women by Elizabeth Norton